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UPS and BusinessVision customers say ShipIt!
Mississauga, August 12, 2002 - - If time is the only thing
keeping your business from getting more orders out the door,
there is a new tool to help you. United Parcel Service (UPS)
Canada Ltd. has teamed with Rowie Walker & Associates Inc.
(RW&A Inc.) to provide crucial real-time information sharing
throughout the customer order process. A new application
designed by RW&A Inc., ShipIt! links BusinessVision 32, the
leading business management and accounting program used by
over 40,000 Canadian companies, with the worldwide shipping
system of UPS.
"By integrating UPS shipping functionality into BusinessVision
32, business customers can streamline and automate existing
processes, and realize significant cost savings by reducing key
entry time," says UPS Director of E-Commerce Wayne Bosch.
For Amico Corporation, a leading manufacturer of medical gas
pipeline equipment, ShipIt! has reduced data entry time by 92 per
cent (from 3 minutes to 15 seconds for the average international
package), by linking customer service with shipping and
receiving. "ShipIt! is a useful business tool as it allows us to save
both time and money when shipping outside of Canada," says
Amico shipping manager Steve Hagiwara.
Amico now processes orders faster, especially with international
packages, because they do not even have to re-key commercial
invoice information for export customs clearance. "With the time
we've saved, we've increased the number of orders going out the
door," says Hagiwara.
"We found business customers would take an excessive amount
of time on shipments, as they had to recreate the order in
shipping systems, which had previously been entered into
BusinessVision 32," says RW&A Inc. president Rowie Walker.
"UPS was willing to think outside of the box to work on a
solution to link its technology with that of a leading accounting
provider."
ShipIt! instantly sends BusinessVision 32 accounting
information to the UPS Connect shipping system, and a shipping
label is automatically produced. Before this technology was
introduced, customers arranged for shipment of a product as a
separate transaction and employees had to re-enter shipping
information, leaving more room for error and taking unnecessary
time.
The ShipIt! application is available through RW&A Inc. and
other BusinessVision resellers.
About BusinessVision Management Systems Inc.
Founded in 1987 in Toronto, Ontario, BusinessVision
Management Systems Inc. designs, develops and markets high
performance accounting software. BusinessVision Management
Systems Inc. has been acknowledged as a leader in the
accounting software market by recognized experts in the industry
in Canada and the United States. BusinessVision is a subsidiary
of Softline Software.
About Rowie Walker & Associates Inc.
RW&A Inc. has provided excellence in accounting services for
over 25 years. In 1999 RW&A Inc. expanded their services to
include software development. Based on client's requirements,
applications are developed to increase the efficiency and enhance
the flexibility of existing software. RW&A Inc. was recognized
as the first Business Partner by BusinessVision, and was the
recipient of a BusinessVision Visionary Award in 2001.
Additional information on ShipIt! is available at
www.rowiewalker.com.
About UPS Canada Ltd.
UPS is the world's largest express courier and package delivery
company. Employing more than 6,500 people in Canada and
370,000 people worldwide, UPS delivers to every address in
Canada and the U.S., and operates in more than 200 countries
and territories. In 2001, UPS generated revenues of $30.6 billion
from the daily delivery of more than 13.6 million packages and
documents worldwide. The company has won numerous awards
for its Web site and information technology infrastructure,
including two Computerworld Smithsonian Awards.
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